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This law was first created in 1979. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 229 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1979 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2001, chapter 305<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":56827,"section_number":"20-146.12","catch_line":"Initial child custody jurisdiction","order_by":null,"url":"\/20-146.12\/"}],"permalink":{"id":179339,"object_type":"law","relational_id":85878,"identifier":"20-146.28","token":"20\/7.1\/3\/20-146.28","url":"\/20-146.28\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/20-146.28\/","token":"20\/7.1\/3\/20-146.28","dublin_core":{"Title":"Simultaneous proceedings","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 20-146.28","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

If a proceeding for enforcement under this article is commenced in a court<\/span> of this Commonwealth and the court<\/span> determines that a proceeding to modify the determination is pending in a court<\/span> of another state having jurisdiction<\/span> to modify the determination under Article 2 (\u00a7 20-146.12<\/a> et seq.) of this chapter, the enforcing court<\/span> shall immediately communicate with the modifying court<\/span>. The proceeding for enforcement continues unless the enforcing court<\/span>, after consultation with the modifying court<\/span>, stays<\/span> or dismisses the proceeding.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nSIMULTANEOUS PROCEEDINGS (\u00a7 20-146.28)\n\nIf a proceeding for enforcement under this article is commenced in a court of\nthis Commonwealth and the court determines that a proceeding to modify the\ndetermination is pending in a court of another state having jurisdiction to\nmodify the determination under Article 2 (\u00a7 20-146.12 et seq.) of this chapter,\nthe enforcing court shall immediately communicate with the modifying court. The\nproceeding for enforcement continues unless the enforcing court, after\nconsultation with the modifying court, stays or dismisses the proceeding.\n\nHISTORY: 1979, c. 229, \u00a7 20-129; 2001, c. 305.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}